Transforming alleys

Howard Lipin / The San Diego-Union-Tribune

10-year-old Mecklin Montgomery of Kensington, writes, happy people is what he would like to see in his alley, during Alleys in Action, put on by students the Urban Studies and Planning program at UC San Diego along with the Adams Avenue Business Association and artForm San Diego who took over part of the alley in Normal Heights off 34th Street south of Adams Avenue to show how alleys can be transformed.

Visitors fill part of the alley in Normal Heights off 34th Street south of Adams Avenue during Alleys in Action, put on by students in the Urban Studies and Planning program at UC San Diego, the Adams Avenue Business Association, and artForm San Diego to show how alleys can be transformed.

Students in the Urban Studies and Planning program at UC San Diego along with the Adams Avenue Business Association and artForm San Diego held Alleys in Action, February 17, 2018, transforming part of the alley off 34th Street south of Adams Avenue in Normal Heights to show how alleys can be used for more than just a way to get from one place to another.